Karen always had an interest in business and wanted to use marketing as a creative tool to express her ideas. Karen has a big interest in food and the hospitality industry which sparked the idea to set up a foodie blog during lockdown which gained a good following. Collaborating was also important for Karen with the most memorable being a trip to Utrecht working with Dutch students.

Jack is back on MTU campus a year after graduating and reflects on his time studying. He's been back many times to give talks to students on his experience, his love of the course and how it opened many opportunities to work with companies and brands. He always wanted to study marketing and knew it was the course for him.

Emily had initially wanted to be a teacher, but a trip by MTU lecturer Stephen Ryan to Emily's school sealed the deal for her CAO. Emily always had a flare for creativity, a vision of ideas and a love of brands and wanted to express this through marketing. Through her experience she discovered the importance of collaboration and project works and persevering through the challenges of Covid-19 and the course online.

Chloe started the marketing course as a mature student. Previously she studied Early Childhood Years, but realised the course wasn't for her and she dropped out to study Beauty Therapy. She set up Glow by Chlo posting her make up clients online when she discovered a love of social media and marketing. She chased her dreams to study marketing at MTU and believes it was the best decision she has made.

Cathal has gone full circle since starting college online on a laptop during a pandemic, to closing the laptop on MTU campus one final time. Cathal initially wanted to go to Dublin to study, but his love for brands led him to marketing course at MTU. He reflects his time in college as a time of growth which also opened the opportunity for travel and to learn new cultures during his Erasmus year.

After four years at MTU, graduate Adah is now managing the transition from college life, to adult life. Adah originally choose a business degree but slowly but surely started merging into marketing using it as a tool to express her creative side. Adah started at MTU online, but persevered thought the challenges Covid-19 brought through her time in college.